Table of Contents

Chronology; Part I. From Invasion to Victory: 1. The union sacrée; 2. The military stalemate; 3. The birth of the war economy, 1914–16; 4. The different forms of wartime government; 5. The civilians' war, 1914–16; 6. The 1917 crisis; 7. Dealing with the crisis, then victory; 8. The year 1919; Part II. After the War: 9. Monetary illusions: the fall of the franc: reparations and war debts; 10. The illusion of power; 11. The limits of prosperity; 12. Illusions of consensus; 13. France in 1929; Part III. The Slump: 14. The approach of the crisis; 15. The economic crisis; 16. The impact of the depression on society; 17. The colonies and the depression; 18. The political ferment; 19. The young intellectuals and the crisis of civilisation; 20. 6 February: day of crisis; Part IV. France in the Thirties: Change and Stability: 21. The population; 22. Aspects of rural life; 23. Urban society; 24. Some victims of traditional society; 25. Spiritual powers; 26. Leisure and culture; 27. The dazzling brilliance of the thirties; Part V. The Front Populaire: 28. The making of the Front Populaire; 29. The victory of the Front Populaire; 30. The Front Populaire in trouble; 31. The death agony of the Front Populaire; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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' … this book will be welcomed by all university teachers of modern French history. No other textbook covers the subject at this level of detail and sophistication … clearly indispensable undergraduate reading.' History